And Jesus looked round about, and said unto his disciples,
How hard for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Again, "Don't sail on land "is a Pythagorean saw, and shows that taxes and similar contracts, being troublesome and fluctuating, ought to be declined. Wherefore also the Word says that the tax-gatherers shall be saved with difficulty.